Reply To: Lev Tahor Proclamation

Shimon, I am aware of and value both my own mental health and that of everyone i teach or am close with. I confront my emotions snd deal with them; i don’t hide them or put on a false machismo. whereas the western version of masculinity is not at all compatible with daas torah. Dovid hamelech emoted to Hashem very often. What is real masculine strength is the ability to stoically control one’s emotional impulses and deal with situations from a logical vantage point, but even then a man needs to be in tune with what he is feeling in order to have balance and awareness of what is influencing his decisions. Often men fancy themselves as logical when they are in fact enslaved to their emotions.